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Savage v. State

Citations

  • 899 P.2d 1270
  • 127 Wash. 2d 434

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that even though a parole officer may enjoy qualified immunity, it did not extend to the government
  • holding that even though a parole officer may enjoy qualified immunity, it did not extend to the government
  • recognizing that tort law is concerned in part with deterring negligent acts
  • recognizing that tort law is concerned in part with deterring negligent acts
  • State did not share its parole officers’ qualified immunity even when liability was based solely on respondeat superior
  • purpose of personal qualified immunity is to protect individual government workers and does not extend to government entity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Utter, Madsen

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53 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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